Wednesday, January 12, 2011

TPE

A little late but HAPPY NEW YEAR!! weeee...shots in my favorite place in the world, TAIWAN!
I was in China for a two thumbs down Christmas (working), but hopped over to Taiwan to spend New year's EAT before jetting back to China for more work. Here's a quick break down of the past 3 weeks

CHINA

Christmas Day-Guangzhou China

back of a rickshaw

front view

me bugging a shifty-eyed stray dog

freakishly strong old man...still puffin' on that cig

fabric mart motorcycle gang

TAIWAN

one of the reasons for going to Taiwan was to hang out with one of our favorite accounts NEU!

YiLing the boss lady

Stan Lee the boss man

I asked how their empire of over 10 stores began and YiLing proceeded to tell me the tale of her being a rebellious kid that racked up a hefty bill on her dad's credit card. To pay it off she would go to the local wholesale mart and hand pick clothes and flip them for a profit on the streets (literally). Shortly after, she began to fly to Los Angeles to hand pick brands to exclusively sell in Taiwan. Her reputation for picking the best stuff soon caught on. Meanwhile, Stan Lee (literally the king of streetwear in Taiwan) was one of the first people to own a skate shop in the country. He noticed YiLing's talent for slanging women's clothes, so they teamed up and have been killing it together since 1998! If you get a chance, go visit one of their many stores across Taiwan or their online store HERE!

For new years, Yiling took us to Underworld, a cool little live house. The local Taiwanese band Macbeth was surprisingly good!

the bathroom

the only picture we have from the night as we started celebrating too early....

FOOD! another main reason for going to Taiwan...to eat my fkn heart out...some of it looks pretty gross I know

bacon wrapped chives

bell fruit

what i miss the most about Taiwan is surprisingly these modest lunch boxes

intestine noodles yummm

favorite treat...candied strawberry kebabs

fried chicken steaks

fun shaped hot cakes

pork sammies

sea snails

Eric couldn't hang with my eating habits so he came up with the most American meal possible: hot dog, cheetos, and a coke!

Your style is so unique and perfect. I'm really in love with it. These photos make me want to travel so bad. And although you said that some of the street food looks gross to me it all looks amazing haha.

margiela trousers? jeal! thanks for the sweet comment, I have such a hard on for the UNIF stuff ... last night my husband's camera man and manager were over and I was wearing the Bambi shirt and they were like WHERE DID YOU GET THAT MAYHEM SHIRT? ;) looking awesome as always, C. xoxo